'I Know Because I Won Both of Them'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 21, 2015

In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama noted that he "has no more campaigns to run." After some applause from the Republican-controlled Congress, he shot back that he had already won. Twice. 

We unpack the president's policy proposals (including some that will sound familiar to New Yorkers after a year of Mayor de Blasio) and his tone.

Molly Ball, political reporter for The Atlantic, and Jonathan Alter, MSNBC analyst and author of The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, offer analysis on the president's sixth State of the Union address.

Plus: here's our one-minute mash-up of President Obama's progressive policy proposals that reminded us of Mayor de Blasio's first year.

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